- Date
- October 15, 1983, 11:58 local (16:58 UTC)
- Place
- Montgomery, AL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7013PPiper PA-24-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831015054609A
- Case key
- 6376
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the plt he had an unsafe gear indication while in the traffic pattern. He alerted the tower to the problem and made a low pass over the runway. He was informed by tower personnel that the gear looked down and normal. During the landing the plt put the throttle and mixture to 'off.' The acft rolled about 100-150 ft before the gear collapsed. The landing gear had recently been repaired and the plt reported failure of the motor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7013P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2159
- Airframe hours
- 3,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Melvin J. Flowers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 5, 1982 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- TRI · Tri-City, TN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MGM · Dannelly, runway 9, 9,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 215 total · 30 in this make and model · 167 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Observed at
- MGM
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7013P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.